Lit cigarette and gas can in bedroom sparked Miami apartment fire that left man critical, officials say

MIAMI (WSVN) – An apartment fire in Miami that sent a man to the hospital with severe burns all over his body broke out when a cigarette was lit in a bedroom where a gas can was being stored, officials said.

Daniel Rivera, the manager of the apartment building where the fire took place, showed a 7News crew the bedroom where, officials said, the gas can exploded Tuesday night.

The room was left completely unrecognizable, with the roof and walls burned down to the bare bones of the structure. What’s left of the bed reduced is rusty wires…

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